Welcome

The Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy - OBA - began as an Anatomy Department but has always considered Anatomy in the context of Evolution, Development and Behavior. The integrated context is not only a grand strategy to teach Medical Students, but it is also an ideal way to approach the wonders of Biology. OBA faculty members pride themselves as Integrative Biologists. Our Paleontologists hunt fossils as well as developmentally regulated genes. Our Developmental Biologists, Paleontologists and Neurobiologists travel the world to study unique organisms looking for novel insights into the most fundamental questions in Biology. How did limbs develop? How did segmentation or the nervous system evolve? How are behaviors encoded and decoded by the brain? OBA maintains its bridge between Biology and Medicine: You will find OBA faculty that apply their biological insights to help patients. I invite you to visit our website and learn more about the “OBA-way” to study Biology.

Nino Ramirez, OBA Chair

OBA Seminar: Monday, May 9, 2008
"Exploring the roots of Vertebrate Diversity."
Michael Coates, PhD
Department of Organismal Biology & Anatomy, University of Chicago
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Cummings Life Sciences Center #101
920 E. 58th Street

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